Interweaving the music of Tibet and old-time string-band music, Abigail Washburn and The Sparrow Quartet perform songs from their full-length, self-titled album in a Mountain Stage appearance from the ...

ASPEN Perhaps because she came to the banjo relatively late in life, Abigail Washburns ambitions with the instrument were modest. I would strum on it every once in a while. I figured maybe I could ...

Ever hear a bluegrass song sung in Chinese? Huh? The merging of sounds from East and West and all points in between is the unique musical makeup of Abigail Washburn and The Sparrow Quartet, performing ...

Chances are good the theme song from “The Beverly Hillbillies” may never have been performed in Benaroya Hall. Until Monday night, that is. Half the bluegrass team behind the “The Ballad of Jed ...

This week’s issue of Seven Days had an interview with Abigail Washburn of the Sparrow Quartet under the headline “Culture Club,” which is a particularly apt headline for St. Michael’s students, thanks ...

Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet were as pan-cultural as an all-American string quartet could be, fronted by a banjo-playing country singer-songwriter originally from suburban Chicago and ...

Multilingual singer Abigail Washburn and her cohorts helped blur the line between East and West at the Fox on Friday. Photos by Nathan Rist. I see why the promoters put Béla Fleck’s name in the ...

Musician Abigail Washburn leads her folk-roots quartet through Tibet and China. May 27, 2008— -- Up close, in-depth, behind the scenes, Dan Ouellette has been covering the artistry of popular ...

Instead of living in China working in Sino-American law, a chance event directed Abigail Washburn down a road that led to her forming a group with fellow banjoist Béla Fleck to record a CD that ...

Abigail Washburn is sitting on a bench in New York's Battery Park City on a recent afternoon, the Statue of Liberty standing at attention just beyond the water's edge. Tourists stop to snap photos, ...